Posts Tagged ‘Winter pressures’

The Lister hospital in Stevenage remains very busy, with the number of very sick patients needing to be admitted remaining high. Emergency department doctors are continuing to ask people not to go to A&E unless it’s a life or limb-threatening emergency, or if they have been advised to go there by a healthcare professional. People […]

The Lister hospital in Stevenage is under extreme pressure, due to the number of very sick patients needing to be admitted. Emergency department doctors are asking people not to go to A&E unless it’s a life or limb-threatening emergency, or if they have been advised to go there by a healthcare professional. People who have […]

The Lister hospital in Stevenage is under extreme pressure, due to the number of very sick patients needing to be admitted. Emergency department doctors are asking people not to go to A&E unless it’s a life or limb-threatening emergency, or if they have been advised to go there by a healthcare professional.

Updated: 3 January 2018 As is the case across the NHS, the Trust’s hospitals are very busy at the moment due to winter pressures. The situation is being reviewed daily and whilst outpatient appointments should continue as normal, some planned surgery may need to be postponed. The key messages for patients are: Outpatient appointments are […]